Legal Opinion
Phil Kerpen v. Metropolitan Washington
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 22, 2018No. 17-1735PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants here have raised a variety of constitutional and statutory challenges to Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority's (MWAA) ability to use toll revenues to fund projects enhancing access to Dulles airport. The district court granted defendants' motion to dismiss all of these claims, and we now affirm its judgment.
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In 1950, the federal government began to build Dulles Airport. Recognizing that access to the airport was as important as the airport itself, the government also acquired a right of way to begin building an access road, linking Dulles to two of…
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